The Epping Medicare Urgent Care Clinic (UCC) is now fully operating from the Epping Plaza Medical and Dental Centre.
The Epping clinic will help reduce the number of people attending the local department for urgent, but non-life-threatening conditions such as sprains, infections, rashes, or cuts.
In the 2024-25 budget, the Federal Government provided $227 million to expand the Medicare UCC program.
Seven existing state-funded Priority Primary Care Centres will transition to the Federal Government’s Medicare UCC network, following a request from the State Government.
The transition to the Medicare UCC program provides longer term funding and gives the clinic access to the experience and learnings of the whole Medicare UCC network.
Located at Shop 216, Epping Plaza Regional Centre on High Street, the Epping Medicare UCC is open 8am-10pm every day.
Member for Scullin Andrew Giles encouraged residents to visit the clinic.
“I encourage any local with a non-life-threatening but urgent health issue to visit the Medicare Urgent Care Clinic at Epping Plaza,” he said.
“Using the clinic instead of the Northern Hospital will reduce pressure on busy emergency department staff and give you quick access to treatment at no cost.”
